Sustainable Neighborhood Diagram (Farr/Oberholtzer/Schaller)

• Defined Center & Edge• Compactness• Completeness• Connectedness• Biophilia

bettercities.netFarr 2008

Cadiz, Spain

Third Places

Plaza de la Mina

Healthy Neighborhood

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Walkability

• www.walkscore.com– Calculates walkability score for an address,

neighborhood, town,…• Pitman, NJ:

– East Avenue (Downtown): 83 Very Walkable– 2500 ft down Broadway: 43 Car Dependent

www.walkscore.com

83 Very Walkable

43 Car Dependent, 2500’

Atlanta, GA• Perimeter Community

Improvement Districts

• Self-taxing districts that use additional property taxes to help accelerate transportation and infrastructure improvement projects

www.perimetercid.org

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Auto Transit and Densitydaily.sightline.org

Zip Car (Car Share)